Sources said it was for the first time that the Indian team was participating with its own T-90 tanks at the competition.

The games closing ceremony took place at Alabino range on Saturday night followed by a concert and fireworks. The army had said, "This year, for the first time, the team would be participating with own T-90 tanks which have been shipped to Russian Federation".

About 200 military attaches and almost 300 foreign observers are expected to attend the final of the global Tank Biathlon contest and the closing ceremony of the large-scale annual worldwide Army Games 2017 in Moscow Region's Alabino training area, according a spokesperson for the Army Games press center.

The International Army Games began on July 29 and will close on August 12 in the territories of five countries: Russia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan and China.

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